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Immigration law impacts on employers
© Workplace Law Group 2008 All rights reserved Immigration law impacts on employers Immigration law impacts on employers Over the last few weeks we have noticed an increase in enquiries around business immigration issues, so this week's employment update focuses on the major changes immigration law is currently undergoing and the way in which these changes are impacting employers...
News analysis | 14 Oct 2008
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Immigration law impacts on employers
My employee's permit expires in Dec08. I have checked the UK Border Agency website, but can't find helpful hints on renewal - only on registration under the new scheme. Any help gratefully received!
Comment | 17 Oct 2008
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Immigration law impacts on employers
It will depend on when you intend to submit the application for the renewal
Comment | 16 Oct 2008
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Immigration law impacts on employers
You can still extend his WP(using the form "wp1xform" dated from 04.2008) under current WP arrangement now. Cos the new system for WP will commence from 1 December.
Comment | 17 Oct 2008
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Immigration law impacts on employers
Work permit renewal - how do I set about renewing a work permit for a USA employee resident in the UK?
Comment | 15 Oct 2008
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Immigration law update
This online seminar with immigration expert Anne Morris, DavidsonMorris Solicitors, and Jayn Bond, Head of HR at Workplace Law Group, will explain why adhering to the new immigration regulations that came into force in November 2008 is so essential, the finer points of the changes and what they mean in practice. Are you aware of the...
Video - Seminar | 13 Oct 2009
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Will the new immigration laws affect your business?
On 7 February 2005, the Government announced a five year plan entailing an overhaul of the UK immigration system. This will impact on all aspects of the system currently used by employers. The new scheme, to be introduced next spring, includes a five-tier point system for migrants, ranging from easy access and full residence rights for the most highly skilled and those with large sums to invest. Only...
News | 25 Oct 2005
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Employment law is changing - but don't tell anyone how
workplacelaw The exclusive magazine for premium members of the Workplace Law Network Employment law is changing But don't tell anyone how (Thanks Private Eye!) EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS MAY 2008 Issue 37 Uncovered: What will the Government do next in its employment law overhaul? Page 10 workplacelaw The exclusiv...
Magazine issue | 13 May 2008
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The Social Network – 12 years of the Workplace Law Conference
...nment. The temporary caps were challenged by the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants ( JCWI), and in December 2010 the High Court ruled that the Secretary of State had acted unlawfully by imposing the limits without laying them before Parliament as the Government is required to do under the Immigration Act 1971. However, the High Court's decision has not www.workplacelaw.net Comment that may be issued by sponsors until 5 April 2011, covering both initial and extension applications. For the period 6 April 2011 until 5 April 2012, the number of visas awarded to sponsored skilled workers applying ...
Magazine issue | 1 Mar 2011
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Home Secretary outlines new immigration policy approach
In a speech to an audience of key immigration partners at London’s Policy Exchange, the Home Secretary, Theresa May, has set the agenda for the Coalition Government’s immigration policy. The Home Secretary stated that the existing Points Based System has proved ineffective. She argued that attempts by her predecessors in the Home Offi...
News | 9 Nov 2010
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Hays calls for employment law moratorium
...eavers wishing to pursue a vocational route into employment.Introduce commercial disciplines and improve management in the public sector to cope effectively with imminent budget cuts and the likely significant scale of change required.Reconfigure Jobcentre Plus to suit real job seeker needs.Tie immigration quotas more closely to skill needs. Hays is presenting the manifesto to politicians and policy leaders at a keynote forum in London this morning. Alistair Cox, Chief Executive of Hays, said: “At Hays we have a panoramic view of what is happening at the sh...
News | 29 Mar 2010
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Employing foreign workers: what is about to change?
...2008 All rights reserved Employing foreign workers: what is about to change? Employing foreign workers: what is about to change? The Government has recently revealed that more than half of the new jobs created under Labour since 1997 have gone to foreign workers, and for months now, the debate on immigration has barely left the front page of British newspapers. While the Government continues to battle over the merits of `permits' and `points based systems', many UK employers (and, indeed, local authorities) are struggling with the very real challenges presented by an influx of job applicants from overs...
News analysis | 5 Feb 2008
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Health hazards: keeping a lid on panic
...ace on 11 March 2008 at the MI Conference Centre, London. The workshop has been specially designed to give delegates a better The measures, which take effect in February 2008, will make it easier than ever before for understanding of the process employers to carry out checks and for the Border and Immigration Agency (BIA) to deal with involved when undertaking a fire non-compliance. The civil penalties form part of the biggest immigration shake-up for 40 years. risk assessment and the steps Over the next 12 months BIA will also introduce: an Australian-style points- based system to make followed by enfo...
Magazine issue | 1 Feb 2008
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‘Two strikes and you’re out’ for employing illegal migrant workers
Company directors who are caught employing illegal immigrants on more than one occasion could be struck off from their firms under plans being considered by the Home Office. The ‘two strikes and you’re out’ rule will be part of a host of new immigration proposals due to be published in the next fortnight. Company directors could be disqualified from their positions by the courts for between two and 15 years if they are caught employing any of the estimated 570,000 illegal immigrants in the UK. Other penalties set to be unveiled by Home Secreta...
News | 18 Jul 2006
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Religious beliefs: should employers cater for all faiths?
workplacelaw know-how to manage your workplace May 2005 RELIGIOUS BELIEF? To what extent should employers cater for all faiths? DOES EVERYONE KNOW THERE'S A FIRE? Disability discrimination meets health and safety SOUNDING OFF New Noise at Work Regulations MIGRANT WORKERS Are you exploiting illegal immigrant...
Magazine issue | 1 May 2005
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Sweeping changes
...kplac The exclusive magazine for premium members of the Workplace Law Network Sweeping changes How the Coalition Government intends to tidy up workplace legislation inside this issue JUL/AUG 2010 Issue 55 Comment: Implications of the BA industrial dispute Page 15 new Government: What now for HR immigration law? Page 34 Environment management expert, Colin Malcolm, talks sensible sustainability. Page 22 Climate change Rules of engagement How to ensure your contractors are competent. Page 24 Cup challenge A bad case of football fever? Page 27 Plus: A new-look data section, news round-up of the lea...
Magazine issue | 1 Jul 2010
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UK immigration issues affect the hotel and leisure sector
...its approved for chefs2004 – 5,925 permits approved for chefs2005 – 3,990 permits approved for chefs2006 – 4,455 permits approved for chefs2007 – 2,870 permits approved for chefs2008 – 1,800 permits approved for chefsIt was therefore a relief for many employers in this sector when the new immigration system (Tier 2 of the Points Based System replaced the work permit scheme in November 2008), made chefs eligible for sponsorship and also listed skilled ethnic chefs as being a shortage occupation in the UK provided they are paid over £8.10 per hour (approximately £17,000 pa). This means that emp...
News | 3 Apr 2009
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Reality bites: managing in a recession
...et 5 Please recycle this magazine when you have finished with it. www.workplacelaw.net Latest | Legal calendar Legal calendar Important diary dates for the months ahead... NOvEmbER Tiers two (skilled workers) and five (youth, mobility and temporary workers) of the Government's new points-based immigration system are due to be phased in. The new system will allow the licensed employer to issue certificates of sponsorship directly to the migrant worker, allowing the migrant to work in the UK, provided the worker fulfils the new points-based criteria. The points-based system requires employers to be li...
Magazine issue | 6 Nov 2008
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Dismissal for illegality not always fair
The EAT has held in Kelly v University of Southampton that, as the University would not have committed an offence under the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 by continuing to employ Dr Kelly after her leave to remain in the UK had expired, the dismissal was unfair. Dr Kelly, a US citizen, held a post at the University of Southampton. Her work permit was valid until 8 January 2006 but a separate document issued by the UK immigration authorities ...
Case | 11 Feb 2008
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More workplace grievances predicted
...re found to be struggling to address gender pay inequality (two-thirds of businesses currently don’t monitor gender pay differentials) and the majority are unprepared for upcoming changes to the default retirement age. In addition, 42% of respondents employing non-EU workers reported that the immigration cap is having a negative impact on their business, with 33% of businesses citing an increasing skills shortage (compared to 22% in the previous year). Employee engagement remains the primary HR strategy for 2011. 65% of organisations see maintaining employee engagement as their key HR issue. ...
News | 4 Feb 2011
